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Professor John Robertson OBA
From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: August 2025, published today:
Fall in emergency hospital admissions due to assault since 2014-15. In 2023-24, there were 1,691 emergency hospital admissions due to assault, including 438 due to assault with a sharp object. These were, respectively, 33% and 18% lower than in 2014-15.
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‘No Knives, Better Lives’ -a well-designed programme delivered to young people in their local area. It helped young people understand the dangers of carrying knives & the long-lasting damaging effects to offenders & victims of knife crime. Not sure if programmes like this are delivered in rUK.
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I was watching a Youtube channel about the US killings of those two wee kids, 😦
and someone in the comments from England said that in England and Wales there were almost 600 ‘homicides’ 2023/24, more than half were due to knife crime. No guns.
I think that’s quite high whatever the means, it may be more now as well. Terrible.
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